04/27/2015
The year was trotting along at a fine and manageable pace for the entire first quarter of the year when along came April ready to shake things up. I can’t even articulate all of the things this month has been. It’s been sweet and fun and challenging and rewarding and thought-provoking and a dozen other adjectives all at the same time. Much like our sweet family at that the moment, my wardrobe is spread between Austin and Los Angeles. I have clothes in my office, in my closet, in a suitcase, in a bedroom at my … 
I’m not going to lie you guys, this post gives me just a hint of baby fever. Those little toes! Parker’s feet are like big scuba diving flippers in comparison to this sweet babe! This little one happens to belong to my dear friend, Kate. The moment I stepped into this nursery, I knew I had to share it with you guys. It feels so sweet and whimsical and at the exact same time also sophisticated and not overly juvenile. Do you die for the wallpaper and gold crib? I do! Kate was sweet enough to not only let us sneak a … 
Ever since my big closet clean out, I’ve tried to limit myself to buying things I really need, rather than impulse shopping. I’m over the whole big-packed-closet look, if you know what I mean. I recently parted with my white jeans because they had had a good life and were really beginning to show their age. (You can only bleach white so many times.) So I was out and about one day at J.Crew looking to fill this closet void and stumbled upon this skirt. It definitely wasn’t on my list of things I needed, and no I … 
Can we talk about how beautiful these cookies look? The disclaimer for the above picture is that the sisters who make and decorate these perfect cookies from Clearly Cookies do them quite perfectly and I insisted on going all kinds of icing crazy for this photo. Can you blame a girl? I got swept away by all of the bright, poppy colors and the result is something similar to a silly string fight. My point, though, is that I used to think you would need to take a special class or be born with some innate baking talent to create something … 
